Dr. Virak Prum is a respected figure in the legal and business community and brings with him two decades of combined international academic studies and work experiences in the fields oflaw, business and international development. He has held various top academic positions and has advised a law firm, foreign governments, international organizations and a big corporation. He once led the legal department of possibly the largest corporation in the private sector in Cambodia at the time. Besides two law degrees and a PhD, he also holds a graduate certificate in Human Resources Management from Canada. As Chairman of the Board, he has obtained a Certificate and a Diploma in Company Direction from the Institute of Directors based in the UK. A frequent panelist and moderator at conferences, Dr. Virak speaks at easy on most legal subjects, leadership, corporate strategy and development economics. He speaks English, French and Khmer professionally, and can carry on conversation in Japanese.

Areas of interest: company law, employment law, corporate finance, global trade, leadership, corporate strategy, and development economics.

1. Suspension of Employment Contract readmore

1. Meaning of the British Rule of Law readmore
2. Non-Competition Clause in the French Labor Law readmore
3. Subordination in Employment Relationship readmore
4. A Note on Constitutional Principle: Same Work, Same Wage? readmore
5. A Note on Legal Methods: Recent Caselaw in Cambodia readmore
6. Expanding Cambodian Labor Law Through Jurisprudence readmore
7. Decentralization within the Centripetal Expression of State Power: Re-Guiding Cambodian Statutory Devolution, Forum of International Development Studies, Vol.28 (March 2005, Nagoya University) readmore
8. Reforming Cambodian Local Administration: Is Institutional History Unreceptive for Decentralization?, Forum of International Development Studies, Vol. 30 (September 2005, Nagoya University) readmore
9. Climate Change and North-South Divide: Between and Within, Forum of International Development Studies, Vol.34 (March 2007, Nagoya University) readmore
10. Canada and Climate Change: The Game Has Just Begun, Journal of Law and Politics, Vol.224 (July 2008, Nagoya University)
11. Reinforcing Labor Caselaw: Recent Decisions Concerning Union, Strike, FDC readmore
12. Constitution: A Glance at Fundamental Concepts readmore

1.  Sarpong Poeu’s “Human Security Studies: Theories, Methods and Themes” (Singapore: World Scientific, 2014), Journal of Peace Research(2014).
2.  A. Bradley, K. Ewing, C. Knight’s “Constitutional & Administrative Law” (London: Pearson, 2015), Forum of International Development Studies, 46-1b(July 2015).
3.  Frank Garcia’s “Global Justice and International Economic Law—Three Takes” (New York: Cambridge University Press, paperback, 2015),  AsianJournal of International Law (Vol. 7.1, 2017).
4. Sorpong Peou’s “Peace and Security in Indo-Pacific Asia: IR Perspectives in Context” (London: Routledge, 2022), Journal of Peace Research (2022). Available at
   https://www.prio.org/journals/jpr/booknotes/292
5. Sorpong Peou’s “Global Public Governance: Toward world government? ” (New Jersey, London, Singapore: World Scientific, 2022. pp. 465), Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Institutions. Available at
   https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/gove.12749
6. Shannon K. O’Neil’s “The Globalization Myth: Why Regions Matter, New Haven & London: Yale University Press. 2022”, Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Institutions. Available at:
   https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/gove.12850
7. Fareed Zakaria’s “Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash From 1600 to the Present. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2024”, Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Institutions. Available at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gove.70007

1. 1. Competition Law Up For Love
      Published on Phnom Penh Post on 18 October 2021

   2. Competition Law: In search of purposes
      Published on Phnom Penh Post on 15 December 2021
   3. Competition law and liberty: Who governs?
      Published on Phnom Penh Post on 10 January 2022
   4. Competition law: Frying pan and sugar?
      Published on Phnom Penh Post, on 06 February 2022
   5. Competition law: Market power at a glance
      Published on Phnom Penh Post on 24 February 2022
   6. A New Constitutional Law Theory for a More Perfect Union
      Published on Phnom Penh Post on 19 July 2022
   7. An Old Social Contract to Forget?
      Published on Phnom Penh Post on 01 August 2022
   8. Who knows where the world is going?
      Published on Phnom Penh Post on 29 December 2022
   9. Who Wants Some Protection for Personal Data?
      Published on Phnom Penh Post on 30 November 2023
   10. When it comes to globalisation, nothing is what it seems
       Published on Phnom Penh Post on 26 March 2024
   11. Industrial Policy: Who Governs?
       Published on Khmer Times on 17 May 2016
   12. Is Economic Development Bigger Than Economists?
       Published on Khmer Times on 12 December 2024
   13. Economics and trade theories: Mission impossible?
       Published on The Phnom Penh Post on 12 June 2025
   14. Industrial Policy and Competition Law: New Bedfellows?
       Published on The Phnom Penh Post on 07 November 2025

1. Cohen, Lauren, Virak Prum, Kenneth Charman, Pedro Levindo, and Mariana Cal. “Techint: Strategic Choices for Community Impact.” Harvard Business School Case 825-058, April 2025. Available at: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=67282